Like so many people in the Netherlands my kids are obsessed with the soccer stickers that you get with the groceries at Albert Heijn. For a couple of weeks we thought we could skip this "collecting-circus" since my kids unfortunately aren't that much into soccer. The only team that they really know is Ajax (yeah I raise them well). But that's all in the past now, cause at this point they know quite a bit about our Dutch teams. Grandma and grandpa brought them their book and the first packages with stickers about 2 weeks ago and ever since than Kylian didn't put the book aside. He carries it with him all the time, goes through it from the first page to the last and back, he comes with little bits of soccer facts since he knows how to read since this year or else he will make his sister read for him. If we let him, he would even take the book to bed with him. See, it's so strange to see him getting all excited about something as normally it doesn't "get to" him (we think it's basically because of his autism). He just can't let it go now, I bet ya he even dreams about them. And Kelsey well she just goes with the flow, she is the collector in this house. I don't know where she has it from ..... LOL do you believe that for one second!? Anyway, what does a loving mother in this case ..... yes she helps them where she can to complete their collection so I got in touch with a few more "help them collecting moms" and that's why the kids had 4 envelopes full of stickers for their book. And if that wasn't enough already my mom told me that she had 14 packages at their home for the kids, so dad was send out to go and get them right away. After Kelsey came home from gymastics classes they put them in their book. They don't have the book complete yet, but we're on the right track. They were a little happier than usual today, and whenever they are happy, than I am too.

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You have to love what kids love, right??? Mine are like that when new mcdonald's toys come out. please don't ask me why, as they don't play with them for more then a week, at most, but, still, it's what they love. LOL.